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Darien, GA- J. Colburn 25¢ 1838. ...
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Darien, GA- J. Colburn 25¢ 1838The first piece of scrip we've had from Darien, which is the second oldest planned city in Georgia. The town was settled in the 1730's by Scottish Highlanders recruited by James Ogelthorpe to defend Georgia's borders against the Spanish to the south. In 1863, the town was sacked by the Union Army which had previously captured nearby St. Simon's Island, with the invaders looting and burning indiscriminately. Colonel Robert Gould Shaw's famed 53rd Massachusetts Regiment was part of the invasion force, but the bulk of the looting was carried out by a South Carolina regiment fighting under a Union banner. Shaw was deeply ashamed of the wholesale destruction wrought by the Union Army (he termed the raid a "Satanic Action"), and when the town was rebuilt after the war, Shaw's family contributed to finance its reconstruction. Very Good-Fine, a significant Georgia rarity.
Auction Info
2009 September Long Beach, CA Signature CAA Currency Auction #3506 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
September, 2009
9th-13th
Wednesday-Sunday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 7
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